Manicure

[Ripper]

It’s early in the morning.  Nice romantic sunrise in the distance.  Ambient hum of the train lulling you into a trance.  You are snuggled in toasty warm in your seat starting to doze off to a place that is not on NJ Transit.

Pop.  Pop.  Pop.  Pause.  [repeat 10x]

Really?

Cutting your nails.

On a train?

Really?

Luckily I was 2 rows and an aisle away.  If I was sitting anywhere in the line of fire of potential keratin shrapnel, that would not have ended well.

Really?

On a train?

[TrescaGirl]

OMG OMG OMG!  You should start a "Really?" part of your blog.

I can totally relate.  I actually wrote about it awhile back:

Title: Hey Hey - Ho Ho - Those nasty nail clippers have got to go

In case you haven't realized it yet, the commuting hour is grooming time.  Now I'm okay with the occasional woman putting on her mascara or brushing her hair.

Nail clippers are the source of my rage.

Click, Click, Click as I dodge your nasty nail clippings headed my way. Words can not express how this sound bothers me. I rather listen to your nasty nails scratch a chalk board.

Since when is it okay to groom yourself in public?

Next time, DUCK-> my pelt of freshly waxed eyebrow is headed your way.

[CrudeBoy]

When the polish comes out, however, all bets are off.

[Ripper]

Wow, and to think 2 years ago I said the same thing to your post.  I see commuting etiquette hasn't changed.

OMG OMG OMG!  You should start a "Really?" part of your blog.

I can totally relate.  I actually wrote about it awhile back:

Title: Hey Hey - Ho Ho - Those nasty nail clippers have got to go

In case you haven't realized it yet, the commuting hour is grooming time.  Now I'm okay with the occasional woman putting on her mascara or brushing her hair.

Nail clippers are the source of my rage.

Click, Click, Click as I dodge your nasty nail clippings headed my way. Words can not express how this sound bothers me. I rather listen to your nasty nails scratch a chalk board.

Since when is it okay to groom yourself in public?

Next time, DUCK-> my pelt of freshly waxed eyebrow is headed your way.

[mhnj]

I had a guy on the train last week clipping his nails. He must have made 50 clips, which I couldn't figure out since he only had 10 fingers.

The guy sitting next to me this AM sniffed every two seconds. When it got bad, he wiped it on his hands, and twice on his SHIRT SLEEVE! And he was a middle-age business man, not some punk kid. Thank God he got out at Newark.

[Purple]

I had a guy on the train last week clipping his nails. He must have made 50 clips, which I couldn't figure out since he only had 10 fingers.

Maybe he started clipping his toe nails? I remember a woman doing that once. I expected her to break out a pumice stone.

[mnegHappyRock]

Last night on the 5:17 I observed a middle-aged woman cleaning out her ears with Q-tips. Once the task was completed,
she carefully set the soiled Q-tips on the seat next to her and got off the train without her little souvenirs.

[TrescaGirl]

Last night on the 5:17 I observed a middle-aged woman cleaning out her ears with Q-tips. Once the task was completed,
she carefully set the soiled Q-tips on the seat next to her and got off the train without her little souvenirs.

Hmmm.  Is that better or worse than her using her fingernails to get the wax out, then rolling it into a little ball, and flinging it on the floor b/c I've seen that too...